Core HR

Introducing Georgia and a big welcome back to the Core HR team! ✨

Georgia is a familiar face to our business as she previously worked at Core HR in the very early years. She has since expanded her HR experience in roles within the Events and FinTech industries and also start up businesses. She offers a breadth of knowledge and expertise in performance management, remuneration frameworks and a love for HR systems!

We're so fortunate to have you back Georgia, and we're looking forward to the year ahead with you!

Introducing Debbie to the Core HR team!

We welcome Debbie as our Finance and Office Assistant. She holds a breadth of experience across Marketing and Administration Support positions focussing on building positive client experiences. She brings a huge enthusiasm for people and travel, and in her most recent role, she coordinated international homestays for school students.

Outside of work you will catch Debbie spending her time exploring the world with her boys or cooking up a storm!

Welcome to the team Debbie✨ We're excited to have you on board!

Mark your calendars! 📍 The Minimum Wage rates will be increasing from the 1st of April 2022, from $20.00 to $21.20. With wages rising by 5.4%, we recommend taking the following steps to prepare:

- Reviewing current remuneration packages
- Updating wages on payroll systems
- Drafting letters confirming increases to any applicable employees
- Communicate any changes to relevant staff

The 2022 / 2023 Living Wage rate will be released on the 1st of April for living wage employers.

Onboarding will look a lot different in 2022, so we're taking a fresh approach to it!

Keep reading our HR Business Partner's blog from Angela to see how you can deliver a purposeful onboarding program that will drive momentum this year 💥

What Should Onboarding Look Like in 2022? — Core HR Onboarding delivers motivated employees that drive company objectives and directly influence employee retention. In 2022, we are expecting new challenges of employee retention, higher resignations and significant impacts from labour shortages.

Introducing the newest member of the Core HR team, Corné Maritz-Waite!

We welcome Corné as our fabulous HR / Recruitment Assistant. She holds ten years of experience working in a customer-focussed managerial role in the aviation industry – flying to stunning destinations around Australia and New Zealand. This role drove her passion for people and their development, which led her to HR! While flying, Corné was involved in the recruitment process and coached new managers to build highly engaged teams with strong leaders. She is enthusiastic about creating positive client and candidate experiences within small businesses and has the drive to make a real impact!

Outside of her HR career, she is a huge travel enthusiast, a passionate foodie and loves spending time with her family – especially her little one Evie.

Welcome to the team Corné ✨

Struggling to lock in top talent? With the unemployment rate being the lowest since 2007, the labour market has shifted towards a candidate-driven market - resulting in massive changes to the hiring landscape.

Our latest blog covers five of the best end-to-end recruitment practices that will attract and lock in top talent in a candidate-driven market!

https://lnkd.in/gCqQCHZM

Best Recruitment Practices in a Candidate-Driven Market — Core HR The unemployment rate’s effect on the labour market has resulted in a candidate-driven market. Creating effective end-to-end recruitment processes through structured recruitment practices is key to locking in top talent. Read on for our top 5 best practices.

📢 COVID Leave Support FAQs!

The move to Phase Two of the Omicron Strategy means employees will need to self-isolate for 10 days if they live with someone who has COVID and 7 days if they're a close contact with someone who gets COVID.

The following schemes will be utilised to continue paying employees during absence due to COVID-19 when they are unwell, or if it is not possible to work from home.

We are more than happy to help with any further questions and our trusted HR Business Partners be contacted at [email protected] to discuss the next steps for how these initiatives can apply to your individual circumstances.

Big news for the growth of Core HR! We're thrilled to announce we have acquired Proactive People Performance - a Nelson-based HR consultancy supporting a variety of businesses & industries across New Zealand.

Jacqui, the founder of Proactive People Performance, has accomplished six years of building authentic relationships and encouraged small businesses to navigate HR with a proactive people-management approach. This is a great opportunity to partner with a fantastic client group who share our same passion. We are also pleased to provide the clients of Proactive People Performance with a greater scope of support across the entire HR remit - HR, Recruitment & Payroll.

This new venture positions Core HR to work with an exciting group of employers, doing what we love - enabling businesses to deliver a people strategy with a real impact!

Its been an exciting start to 2022 and we look forward to sharing the growth we will continue to achieve as one company.

📢 We're hiring!

Due to our big plans for 2022, our team is growing, and we are hiring! 🌱

Are you searching for a fresh start this new year? Come and join our fantastic team! Our roles offer lots of variety, flexible working options, and career growth opportunities. We'd love to hear from you if this sounds like you, please apply here https://lnkd.in/g-wy_8nr

What a ride this year has been! We're wrapping up 2021 with our biggest lessons:

🔥 Lockdown burnout
✉️ Hiding behind emails
💪 Flexibility is here to stay
❓ The fear of asking questions

Read the full blog at https://lnkd.in/gF3SJgvz

Key Lessons We're Taking Away From 2021 — Core HR We’re wrapping up the year with some reflection on our biggest achievements and our key lessons from this year.